There is a Spanish proverb that states, "Di me con quien andan, y dire quien eres," which generally translates as "Tell me who you walk with, and I will tell you who you are." We all reflect our values and beliefs, as well as our hopes and accomplishments, through the people with whom we choose to associate and those whom we avoid. Our social world is made up primarily of our family and friends...

One way of characterising texts is in terms of the discourse structures on which they appear to be built. Each type of text, or genre, e.g. the sports report, the recipe, the sermon, the proverb, will have associated with it a characteristic organisation of units. In this paper, a general model of the structure of one text type, the story, is described. This model forms the basis of a program w...

Agriculture is the primary source of livelihood for people. It backbone our Indian economy. Life people will be prosperous only if farming industry good. Ploughing one main world as revolves around ploughing.“Various proverb says that everyone should know excellence farmers.” Today’s generation must importance and methods agriculture. The experience ancestors in ploughing can learnt through pro...

Samenstelling promotiecommissie (members of the promotion-examination committee): Toitü he whenua, whatungarongaro he tangata (Land is permanent, man disappears) Traditional Maori proverb Is this the real life Is this just fantasy Caught in a landslide No escape from reality © Queen-Bohemian Rhapsody (1975) This research was supported by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO...

Abstract Jibbali/Śḥərɛ̄́t is a language belonging to the Modern South Arabian ( msa ) branch of Semitic. It currently endangered and spoken by an estimate 50,000 ~ 70,000 people living in Omani governorate Dhofar. Similarly other languages, it unwritten, survival its speakers’ traditional knowledge rests on their ability memorise retain large amount information form poetry, songs, folk-tales prov...